Which is why I do not see the Democrats holding new primaries in Florida or Michigan. If they did every Republican in the state would cross over and vote, and the results would be meaningless to the party.
Hmm. Hadn’t thought of that. Thanks.
While I’m pondering that, I will say that this is exactly one of the reasons I think Rush’s stunt was too cute by half. I object to “teaching” people that it’s okay to view one’s vote as nothing more than a poker chip to play around with.
“If they did every Republican in the state would cross over and vote, and the results would be meaningless to the party.”
I was wondering about that since I live in Michigan. I think a problem might arise because in the first primary, I requested a Republican ballot. I don’t know if I would be allowed to now vote in the democrat primary, version 2.
“If they did every Republican in the state would cross over and vote,”
Only those who did not vote in the already held GOP primaries or risk voter fraud and jail time.
You have to change your affiliation something like 6 weeks before an election, I am not sure of the exact time frame. And I am thinking about switching.
In Michigan, that would be very interesting since you can cross over the same day there.
Even in open primary states, you can't vote in both. Anyone who voted in the GOP primary would be ineligible to vote in the Democratic primary.
Well I see two or our closet Leftist posters are upset by this.
Good, that is the whole point.
We should just ignore all fact in order to cling to this knee jerk hysteria about anyone named “Clinton”?
Thank you, but no.
My idea is to jus seat the delegates as super-delegates, not pledged delegates. This saves the states the cost of an election, and forces the candidates to fight over the delegates from now until the convention.
The question then is, would the DNC allow a few hundred "average joes" into their elite super-delegate club? The concern about the super-delegates today is that they are mostly elected party officials of some sort, and could be influenced by what their constituents do. Not so the newly appointed super-delegates. Perhaps.
Are the states delegates already named? If the DNC decides to seat them as super-delegates to be won at the convention, would the states then have a new round of selecting super-delegates?
-PJ